Percolator.



R. E. HUGHES;

PERGOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 190a.

Patented June 21,1910.

gmaanlroz abto' onuf RAYMOND E. HUGHES, OF I-IOLBROOK, ONTARIO, CANADA,A-SSIG-NOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES H. HARRISON, OF HOLBROOK, CANADA.-

PERCOLATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Application filed November 4, 1908. Serial No 461,047.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND E. Ensure, a subject of the King of England,residlng at Holbrook, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Percolators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to cooking utensils, and more particularly topercolating devices.

It has for a particular object the provision of a receptacle formed ofmetal or other suitable material provided with a cover, the cover andreceptacle being adapted to allow the free passage of fluidtherethrough.

Another object is to provide a novel form of lifting means for thedevice.

A particular object of the invention is to provide such a device adaptedto be utilized for making a large quantity of tea or coffee; and adaptedto be submerged for the boiling of coffee or similar beverages.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike characters of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews, Figure 1 is a side view of the device, Fig. 2 is a top view, Fig.3 is a detailed sectional view of the fastening means, Fig. 4 is adetailed view of a modified form of fastening means, Fig. 5 is anelevation at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the hinge, and Fig. 6 is adeta1l perspective view of the forward portion of the device.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a receptacle formed of wirescreen, though it will be understood that any suitable material may beutilized. The receptacle carries at its upper edge an annular collarmember 11 provided at one side with a suitable hinge portion 12 andhaving oppositely of the hinge portion an integral laterally extendingtab 13 having a slot 14 therein, for a purpose to be subsequentlyindicated. The receptacle is provided with a cover 15 formed similarlyand having a collar 16 around its lower edge similar to the one 11. Thecollar 16 is provided with lateral apertured flanges 17 and 17, oneregistering with the hinge 12 and the other with the flange 13. Theflange 17 is extended somewhat more than the flange 17 and is providedwith an oblong somewhat larger aperture A extending radially of thepercolator. It may be noted that the flange 13 is similar to the flange17 the slot 14 therein being spaced from the adjacent edge of the receptacle l0.

Engaged with the cover there is an integral pivot, support, and latchmember 20 formed of wire, as shown. The member 20 is bent to present twoparallel pieces of wire having at their junction a hinge loop 21 overwhich is engaged the hinge portion 12 of the collar 11. The adjacentbail portion 22 of each piece, extends upwardly through an opening B inthe flange 17, over the top of the cover, centrally of which a loop 23is formed in the wire and the bail portion continued to the front of thereceptacle and downwardly thereover. The bail is carried through theslot A in the flange 17 and at a spaced distance therebelow is directedsharply inward, and bent downward at an acute angle. Then it is turnedupward vertically to form a latch C. In Fig. 4 the latch has its extremeend portions C disposed slidably against the under face of the flange 17outwardly of the slot therethrough.

It will be seen that a percolator is provided that can be manufacturedat extremely low cost and having peculiar advantages. The bail membermay be secured to the cover at intervals as shown at 25, but thesecuring means will not always be required, as the disposition of theend portions of the bail against the flange 17 and the engagement of thebail with the hinge 12 at the opposite side of the receptacle willgenerally be sufficient to support the cover. The engagement of thelatch portion G with the flange 13 will be sufiicient for liftingengagement of the device.

Although the device is adapted for use in making large quantities ofbeverages, it willbe understood that it may be made in any desirablesize, as the primary objectof the invention is simply to provide apercolator which is adapted to be submerged in a liquid without dangerof the contents escaping.

What is claimed is A percolator comprising a permeable bottom member, ahinged sleeve carried by the bottom member, a slotted outwardlyextending tab carried by the bottom member at a point opposite to thehinged sleeve, a top member removably disposed upon the bottom member,said top member having an outwardly extending flange located above thehinged sleeve and having a second oppositely disposed outwardlyextending flange located above the'slotted tab, a wire engaged throughthe hinged sleeve, said wire extending upwardly at opposite sides of thehinged sleeve and through the flange the-reabove, said wire being turnedinwardly above the flange and then having its portions turned inparallel relation to extend over the top, said portions havingconvolutions therein upon the top to produce registering upwardlyextending loops, said wire having its portions beyond the loop extendeddownwardly over the second mentioned In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses.

RAYMOND E. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

M. WVALsH, MERTON BOWES.

